precession of the equinoxes

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English

Noun

precession of the equinoxes (plural precessions of the equinoxes)

  1. The slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic, resulting from precession of the earth's axis of rotation, and causing the equinoxes to occur earlier each year